Honors:

• 1986 Firestone Grant for Undergraduate Research Cap and Gown, Women's Honor Society, Stanford University
• 1986 Mellon Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
• 1987 Sigma Xi
• 1987 Biology Department Service Award, Stanford University
• 1987 Graduation with Honors, Stanford University
• 1988 Regent's Scholar, University of California, San Francisco
• 1989 Dean's Summer Research Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco
• 1990 American Medical Women's Association Overseas Grant
• 2003 Participant, American Association for the Advancement of Science short course on “Racial and Ethnic Minorities as Research Subjects: Challenges for Research Ethics.”

• BAS, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
• MD, University of California San Francisco School
• MAPP, MedicineUniversity of Chicago

Generalist Physician Faculty Award (Jacobs), 7/1/03-6/30/07 Robert Wood Johnson
Measuring Trust in Health Care Providers and Institutions in Minority Populations.
The overall goal of this project is to investigate how reduced social trust in health care contributes to minority health care disparities for Hispanics and African Americans compared to Caucasians.

DHHS Office of Minority Health (Jacobs), 7/30/05-12/31/05
Measuring the Costs of Language Barriers in Health Care.
To compare the effects of an interpreter intervention on the costs and processes of care delivered to Spanish speaking patients in an inpatient setting.

R01 HL081485 (Hahn), 9/1/05 – 5/31/08
Standardizing Health Literacy Assessment
The goals of this proposal are to improve health literacy measurement in English and Spanish, and to use enhanced health literacy measures to evaluate the mediating effects of health literacy on health behaviors and outcomes

Inactive
R01 Ca89503-01A1 (Dobrez), 8/1/01-7/30/04
National Cancer Institute
Measurement & Use of Utilities in Ovarian Cancer CEA.
The specific aims of this project are to compare six methods for assessing utilities for current health and hypothetical health states, to determine the impact of frame of reference on hypothetical health state utilities,and to determine the sensitivity of cost effectiveness analyses to the choice of utility score.

The California Endowment (Jacobs), 7/20/02-4/30/03
Annotated Bibliography
This grant provided funding for the time and resources to write an annotated bibliography of academic literature addressing language barriers in health care.

Pending
Schapira, 7/1/06-6/30/09
Developing a Health Numeracy Measure
The specific aims of this project are to develop and validate a health numeracy measure in a diversesample, including Spanish speaking Latinos.

1. Lauderdale DS, Wen M, Jacobs E, Kandula NR. Immigrant Perceptions of Discrimination in Health Care: The California Health Interview Survey 2003. In press, Med Care, March, 2006.
2. Jacobs E, Rolle I, Ferrans CE, Whitaker EE, Warneck RB. Understanding African American’s Views of the Trustworthiness of Physicians, In press, JGIM, March, 2006.
3. Kandula N, Wen M, Jacobs E, Lauderdale DS. Low Rates of Colorectal, Cervical Cancer and Breast Cancer Screening in Asian Americans Compared to Non-Hispanic Whites: Cultural Influences or Access to Care? In press, Cancer, March 2006.
4. Jacobs E, Chen AH, Karliner L, Agger Gupta N, Mutha S. The Need for More Research on Language Barriers in Health Care: A Systematic Review and Proposed Research Agenda. Milbank Q. 2006;83:111-133.
5. Kutner JS, Westfall JM, Morrison EH, Beach MC, Jacobs EA, Rosenblatt RA. Facilitating Collaboration among Academic Generalist Disciplines: A Call to Action. Ann Fam Med. 2006;4:
6. Jacobs E, Rathouz J, Karavolos K, Ferris T, Powell L. Limited English Proficiency and Preventive Health Care Utilization in a Multi-Ethnic Population. Am J Pub Health. 2005;95:1410-1416.
7. Jacobs E, Chen A, Karliner L, Puebla Fortier J, Mutha S. Legal and Regulatory Obligations to Provide Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Emergency Department Services. Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2004;5:85-92.
8. Weinick RM, Jacobs E, Carcari-Stone L, Ortega A, Burstin H. Challenging the Myth of Monolithic Hispanic Identity in Health Services Research. Medical Care, 2004;42:313-320.
9. Jacobs E, Shepard D, Suya J, Stone EL. Overcoming Language Barriers in Health Care: Costs andBenefits of Interpreter Services. AJPH, 2004;94: 866-869.
10. Jacobs EA, Collins KL. Breast Infections. In PS Ganschow, FE Norlock, EA Jacobs, and E Marcus,Eds. Breast Health and Common Breast Problems: A Practical Approach. Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physisicans; 2004: 241-251.
11. Oh S, Jacobs EA, Gynecomastia. In PS Ganschow, FE Norlock, EA Jacobs, and E Marcus, Eds. Breast Health and Common Breast Problems: A Practical Approach. Philadelphia, PA: AmericanCollege of Physisicans; 2004: 263-277.
12. Jacobs E, Kohrman C, Lemon M, Vickers D. Teaching Physicians-in-Training to Address RacialDisparities in Health: A Hospital-Community Partnership. Pub Health Rep.2003;118:349-356.
13. Jacobs E. Racial Disparities in Health Care (Letter). NEJM. 2001;345:839-840.
14. Jacobs E, Lauderdale DS, Meltzer DM, et al. The Impact of Adequate Interpreter Services on Delivery of Care to Limited English -Speaking Patients. JGIM. 2001;16:468-474.
15. Jacobs E. Patient-centeredness in medical encounters requiring an interpreter [Letter]. Am J Med. 2000Oct 15;109(6):515.
16. Jacobs E, Lauderdale D. Receipt of Cancer Screening Procedures among Hispanic and non-Hispanic HMO Members. Cancer. 2001;91(S1):257-261.
17. Betancourt JR & Jacobs E. Language Barriers to Informed Consent and Confidentiality: The Impact onWomen's Health. JAMWA. 2000;50:294-295.
18. Jacobs E. Depression and Anxiety among Vietnamese Refugees in the Six Months Prior to Resettlement. UCSF Student Journal of Medical Student Research. 1992;2(1):5-10.
19. Pearlstein TB, Rivera-Tovar A, Frank E, Thoft JS, Jacobs E, Mieczkowski TA. NonmedicalManagement of Late Luteal Phase Dysphoric Disorder, a preliminary Report. J of Psychotherapy Practice and Research. 1992;1(1):49-55.
20. Pearlstein TB, Rivera-Tovar A, Frank E; Thoft JS, Jacobs E, Mieczkowski TA. Prevalence of Axis I andAxis II Disorders in Women with Late Luteal Phase Dysphoric Disorder. J of Affective Disorders. 1990;20(2):129-34.
21. Jacobs EA, Reynolds CF 3d, Kupfer DJ, et al. Is Polysomnography Useful in the Diagnosis of Sleep Disorders. Am J of Psychiatry. 1988;145(3):346-9.
22. Howell JR, Reynolds CF 3d, Thase M, Frank E, Jennings JR, Houk PR, Berman S, Jacobs E, KupferDJ. Assessment of Sexual Function, Interest, and Activity in Depressed Men, J of Affective Disorders.1987;13(1):61-66.

Invited Publications

1. Jacobs E, Agger-Gupta N, Chen A, Piotrowski A, Hardt E. Language Barriers in Health Care Settings: An Annotated Bibliography of the Research Literature. The California Endowment, August, 2003.
2. Jacobs E, Whitaker E. Book Review: Textbook of Men’s Health. NEJM. 2003;348(3):267-268.
3. Jacobs E. A Volunteer Health Provider’s Guide to Overcoming Language Barriers to Access to Health Care. Volunteers in Health, October, 2002
4. Jacobs E. Language Access Services. Prepared for the Office of Minority Health for the Development of Cultural Competency Curriculum Modules, February 8, 2002.
5. Jacobs E, Alvarado-Little W, Hardt E. Recommendations for the Ethical Involvement of Limited English-speakers in Research. Prepared for the National Council for Interpretation in Health Care, October, 2001. www.ncich.org/papers.html